Patents by Inventor Timothy Ronald Jackson
Timothy Ronald Jackson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11912359Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Phillips Connect Technologies LLCInventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Publication number: 20230041140Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Patent number: 11479312Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Phillips Connect Technologies, LLCInventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Publication number: 20210046987Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Publication number: 20210046988Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Patent number: 10858053Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Phillips Connect Technologies LLCInventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Patent number: 10352798Abstract: An angular rotation sensor system constituted of: an input shaft target and an output shaft target each comprising a plurality of members parallel to a longitudinal axis of an input shaft or output shaft; a gear target with an angular velocity exhibiting a predetermined ratio with an angular velocity of the input shaft, the gear target comprising a plurality of members, each extending away from the input shaft and orthogonal to a plane which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the input shaft; and a control circuitry arranged to: determine an angular position of the input shaft responsive to a sensed angular rotation of the input shaft target and a sensed angular rotation of the gear target; and determine the amount of torque applied to the input shaft responsive to the sensed angular rotation of the input shaft target and a sensed angular rotation of the output shaft target.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Microsemi CorporationInventors: Shiju Wang, Timothy Ronald Jackson
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Publication number: 20180099712Abstract: A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Adam Bean, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Douglas Chambers, Ruben Chicas, Robert Alexander Phillips, Thomas Begin
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Publication number: 20180031431Abstract: An angular rotation sensor system constituted of: an input shaft target and an output shaft target each comprising a plurality of members parallel to a longitudinal axis of an input shaft or output shaft; a gear target with an angular velocity exhibiting a predetermined ratio with an angular velocity of the input shaft, the gear target comprising a plurality of members, each extending away from the input shaft and orthogonal to a plane which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the input shaft; and a control circuitry arranged to: determine an angular position of the input shaft responsive to a sensed angular rotation of the input shaft target and a sensed angular rotation of the gear target; and determine the amount of torque applied to the input shaft responsive to the sensed angular rotation of the input shaft target and a sensed angular rotation of the output shaft target.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Shiju WANG, Timothy Ronald JACKSON
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Patent number: 8320968Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. A network of network nodes is disclosed in which the network nodes securely transmit communication signals using one or more spatial parameters unique to the network nodes. A dad positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM Atheros Technology Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Publication number: 20100231454Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. A network of network nodes is disclosed in which the network nodes securely transmit communication signals using one or more spatial parameters unique to the network nodes. A dad positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: ATHEROS TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Patent number: 7479926Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, where the first and second network nodes comprise a network and each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion. The method further comprises receiving, by the first and second network nodes, position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons, and generating transmitter codes for the transponder portions using local code generators of the receiver portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Atheros Technology Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Publication number: 20070273549Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for implementing an AMR-enabled solid-state utility meter based on a highly optimized processing allocation-specific integrated circuit (ASIC.) When the present invention is applied, the resulting solid-sate utility meter achieves improved cost, size, and complexity compared to prior art meters.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2007Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Timothy Ronald Jackson, Michael Burdiek
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Patent number: 7269506Abstract: A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is also disclosed, wherein the network may be self-configuring and the network nodes spatially addressable. In another embodiment, a unique form of signal acquisition assistance intrinsic in the signal structure may also be used. A data positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: U-NAV Microelectronics CorporationInventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Patent number: 7126535Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, where the first and second network nodes comprise a network and each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion. The method further comprises receiving, by the first and second network nodes, position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons, and generating transmitter codes for the transponder portions using local code generators of the receiver portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: u-Nav Microelectronics CorporationInventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Patent number: 7116986Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. A network of network nodes is disclosed in which the network nodes securely transmit communication signals using one or more spatial parameters unique to the network nodes. A data positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: u-Nav Microelectronics CorporationInventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Publication number: 20040167708Abstract: A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is also disclosed, wherein the network may be self-configuring and the network nodes spatially addressable. In another embodiment, a unique form of signal acquisition assistance intrinsic in the signal structure may also be used. A data positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Publication number: 20040166875Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. A network of network nodes is disclosed in which the network nodes securely transmit communication signals using one or more spatial parameters unique to the network nodes. A data positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Publication number: 20040164895Abstract: A network, network device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, where the first and second network nodes comprise a network and each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion. The method further comprises receiving, by the first and second network nodes, position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons, and generating transmitter codes for the transponder portions using local code generators of the receiver portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Daniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone